ORIGINAL: LebeauHunter
txjourneyman,
I hear what you are saying, but it can lead to a verbal straightjacket.
We all should try not to purposefully offend people, its just that the standards of what offends people are shifting and narrowing. Everyone is in a victim group now (except a WASP like myself), and it seems like too many people are carrying around chips on their shoulders looking to "be offended." It also can make people sound so stuffy, careful and boring. Most good jokes are "offensive" to someone.
I agree wholeheartedly that the PC world is getting out of hand. I just don't think its too much of a stretch to say, " I got a doe this weekend", as opposed to , " I killed a doe this weekend". Don'ttake my posts about being considerate to others the wrong way. Or as they said when I was in the penitentiary, " Don't take my kindness for weakness". I won't let an anti run over me in conversation to avoid a confrontation. I will take that head on and give better than I get. I promise you that!